David Ortiz

David Americo (Arias) Ortiz (Big Papi or Cookie Monster) (twitter: @davidortiz)

Positions: Designated Hitter and First Baseman
Bats: Left, Throws: Left
Height: 6' 4", Weight: 250 lb.

Born: November 18, 1975 in Santo Domingo, Distrito Nacional, D.R.
High School: Haina (Haina, DO)
Signed by the Seattle Mariners as an amateur free agent in 1992. (All Transactions)
Debut: September 2, 1997
Teams (by GP): RedSox/Twins 1997-2012
2012 Contract Status: Free Agent, 1 yr/$14.58M (12) (details) [*]
Service Time (01/2012): 13.048, Free Agent: 2013 [*], Agents: Fernando Cuza / Diego Benz [*]
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Standard Fielding

Adv Fielding w/ run summary

Year	Tm	Lg	Age	Pos	G	GS	CG	Inn	Ch	PO	A	E	DP	Fld%	Rtot	Rdrs	Rtot/yr	Rdrs/yr	RF/9	RF/G	lgFld%	lgRF9	lgRFG	Awards
1997	MIN	AL	21	1B	11	10	9	87.0	95	84	10	1	10	.989	-0		-3		9.72	8.55	.992	9.31	9.23
1997	MIN	AL	21	DH	1	1
1998	MIN	AL	22	1B	70	69	58	587.2	555	503	46	6	51	.989	-6		-13		8.41	7.84	.992	9.43	9.33
1998	MIN	AL	22	DH	10	10
1999	MIN	AL	23	DH	5	4
1999	MIN	AL	23	1B	1	0	0	5.0	7	7	0	0	1	1.000	-1		-192		12.60	7.00	.991	9.54	9.40
2000	MIN	AL	24	DH	87	84
2000	MIN	AL	24	1B	27	25	22	215.1	223	210	12	1	17	.996	-1		-6		9.28	8.22	.993	9.37	9.26
2001	MIN	AL	25	DH	80	75
2001	MIN	AL	25	1B	8	7	5	55.0	62	60	2	0	2	1.000	0		7		10.15	7.75	.993	9.39	9.31
2002	MIN	AL	26	DH	95	94
2002	MIN	AL	26	1B	15	13	6	103.0	97	90	6	1	8	.990	-1		-12		8.39	6.40	.993	9.33	9.23
2003	BOS	AL	27	DH	74	73																		MVP-5
2003	BOS	AL	27	1B	45	44	31	378.0	375	342	30	3	20	.992	-2	-1	-5	-3	8.86	8.27	.993	9.55	9.46	MVP-5
2004	BOS	AL	28	DH	115	114																		AS,MVP-4,SS
2004	BOS	AL	28	1B	34	31	14	260.1	278	253	21	4	23	.986	3	-1	12	-5	9.47	8.06	.994	9.31	9.25	AS,MVP-4,SS
2005	BOS	AL	29	DH	148	146																		AS,MVP-2,SS
2005	BOS	AL	29	1B	10	10	6	78.0	82	69	11	2	8	.976	-1	-1	-18	-15	9.23	8.00	.994	9.60	9.49	AS,MVP-2,SS
2006	BOS	AL	30	DH	138	138																		AS,MVP-3,SS
2006	BOS	AL	30	1B	10	10	2	68.0	70	62	6	2	8	.971	2	1	26	18	9.00	6.80	.994	9.54	9.40	AS,MVP-3,SS
2007	BOS	AL	31	DH	140	140																		AS,MVP-4,SS
2007	BOS	AL	31	1B	7	7	0	48.0	40	37	3	0	3	1.000	-0	-1	-3	-25	7.50	5.71	.995	9.38	9.27	AS,MVP-4,SS
2008	BOS	AL	32	DH	109	108																		AS
2009	BOS	AL	33	DH	139	138
2009	BOS	AL	33	1B	6	6	2	39.0	49	42	6	1	2	.980	0	0	12	0	11.08	8.00	.994	9.14	9.02
2010	BOS	AL	34	DH	136	134																		AS
2010	BOS	AL	34	1B	4	4	0	26.2	24	23	1	0	1	1.000	-0	0	-5	0	8.10	6.00	.994	9.32	9.22	AS
2011	BOS	AL	35	DH	136	136																		AS,SS
2011	BOS	AL	35	1B	2	2	1	13.0	18	18	0	0	4	1.000	-0	0	-9	0	12.46	9.00	.993	9.28	9.25	AS,SS
2012	BOS	AL	36	DH	46	46
2012	BOS	AL	36	1B	2	2	0	14.0	18	17	1	0	4	1.000	-0	-1	-1	-86	11.57	9.00	.995	9.51	9.45
	15 Seasons			1B	252	240	156	1978.0	1993	1817	155	21	162	.989	-7	-4	-4	-5	8.97	7.83	.993	9.42	9.32
	16 Seasons			TOT	252	240	156	1978.0	1993	1817	155	21	162	.989	-7	-4	-4	-5	8.97	7.83	.993	9.42	9.32
Lg				Pos	G	GS	CG	Inn	Ch	PO	A	E	DP	Fld%	Rtot	Rdrs	Rtot/yr	Rdrs/yr	RF/9	RF/G	lgFld%	lgRF9	lgRFG	Awards

Note: Fielding stats are a combination of official records and RetroSheet records. Both are likely to have substantial errors and will not match perfectly.

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Leagues historically made no effort to balance team, league, and player fielding stats. Since 1990 or so, computers have made this feasible, but prior to that there are hundreds or thousands of discrepancies each year in games played (even whether a player played a position), putouts, assists, double plays and errors.

Pre-1948 SB & CS data for catchers is estimated from catcher assists, games started and opposition stolen bases.
From 1948 on SB, CS, Pickoff, & WP data for catchers and pitchers is taken from play-by-play accounts in the retrosheet files. There are several hundred games without pbp from 1948 to 1973 and for those we may not have any data.
CG & GS come from the retrosheet data and should be complete and pretty accurate from 1918 on.
Innings played (like SB and CS) come from the retrosheet play-by-play data and should be considered mostly complete from 1948 to 1973 and complete from then on.
Stats (PO,A,G, etc) for LF-CF-RF positions (since 1918) is taken from play-by-play or box score data as available.
Stats (PO,A,G,etc) for C,P,1B,2B,3B,SS,OF positions is taken from the official reported totals and may have been corrected at various times since their publication.
For detailed information on which games retrosheet is missing play-by-play from 1948 to 1973, please see their most wanted games list
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Sabermetric Fielding

Year	Tm	Lg	Age	Pos	Rtot	Rtot/yr	Rtz	Rtzhm	Rtzrd	Rdp	Rdrs	Rdrs/yr	Rpm	Rdp	Rbnt
1997	MIN	AL	21	1B	-0	-3	-0	1	-1	0
1998	MIN	AL	22	1B	-6	-13	-6	-2	-5	0
1999	MIN	AL	23	1B	-1	-192	-1	-1	0
2000	MIN	AL	24	1B	-1	-6	-1	-1	0	0
2001	MIN	AL	25	1B	0	7	0	0	-0	0
2002	MIN	AL	26	1B	-1	-12	-1	0	-1	0
2003	BOS	AL	27	1B	-2	-5	-1	-0	-0	-1	-1	-3	0		-1
2004	BOS	AL	28	1B	3	12	3	-0	3	0	-1	-5	-1		0
2005	BOS	AL	29	1B	-1	-18	-1	-1	0	0	-1	-15	-1
2006	BOS	AL	30	1B	2	26	2	0	2	0	1	18	1
2007	BOS	AL	31	1B	-0	-3	-0	0	-0	0	-1	-25	-1		0
2009	BOS	AL	33	1B	0	12	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
2010	BOS	AL	34	1B	-0	-5	-0	0	-0	0	0	0	0	0
2011	BOS	AL	35	1B	-0	-9	-0	0	-0	0	0	0	0	0
2012	BOS	AL	36	1B	-0	-1	-0		-0		-1	-86	-1	0
	15 Seasons			1B	-7	-4	-6	-4	-2	-1	-4	-5	-3	0	-1
	16 Seasons			TOT	-7	-4	-6	-4	-2	-1	-4	-5	-3	0	-1

Appearances

Year	Tm	Lg	Age	G	GS	Batting	Defense	1B	DH	PH
1997	MIN	AL	21	15	11	15	11	11	1	3
1998	MIN	AL	22	86	79	86	71	71	10	6
1999	MIN	AL	23	10	4	10	1	1	5	5
2000	MIN	AL	24	130	109	130	27	27	87	21
2001	MIN	AL	25	89	82	89	8	8	80	7
2002	MIN	AL	26	125	107	125	15	15	95	17
2003	BOS	AL	27	128	117	128	45	45	74	11
2004	BOS	AL	28	150	145	150	34	34	115	5
2005	BOS	AL	29	159	156	159	10	10	148	3
2006	BOS	AL	30	151	148	151	10	10	138	3
2007	BOS	AL	31	149	147	149	7	7	140	2
2008	BOS	AL	32	109	108	109	0	0	109	1
2009	BOS	AL	33	150	144	150	6	6	139	6
2010	BOS	AL	34	145	138	145	4	4	136	7
2011	BOS	AL	35	146	138	146	2	2	136	8
2012	BOS	AL	36	49	48	49	2	2	46	1
	16 Seasons			1791	1681	1791	253	253	1459	106

Appearances table is calculated solely from full RetroSheet play-by-play data available from 1973 on. A combination of RetroSheet (starting with the 1918 season) and non-RetroSheet data is used for other seasons.

Advanced Fielding -- 1B*

											Putouts					Assists					Errors					Double Plays
Year	Tm	Lg	Age	PA	RHB%	BIP%	GBIP%	Fld	F2O%	FC	Tot	Cgt	Frc	Tag	3U	Tot	1B	2B	Hm	Rly	Tot	Cch	Fld	Thr	ROE	Tot	363	361	36	GB	GBs	LD	LDs	LDf	bFld	bF2O%
1997	MIN	AL	21	368	63%	81%	32%	23	91%	0	84	9	72	3	2	10	10	0	0	1	1	0	1	0	1	10	0	0	0	8	0	2	1	1	0
1998	MIN	AL	22	2627	55%	80%	30%	160	82%	1	499	33	459	7	56	46	33	5	2	2	6	1	5	0	4	51	1	0	0	48	2	3	2	1	1	100%
1999	MIN	AL	23	23	65%	83%	43%	0		0	7	0	7	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0
2000	MIN	AL	24	982	71%	78%	27%	40	98%	1	210	14	193	3	14	12	9	0	2	1	1	0	1	0	1	17	0	0	0	14	0	3	0	3	1	100%
2001	MIN	AL	25	236	69%	81%	31%	9	100%	0	60	4	54	2	3	2	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	0	0	0	2	0	0	0	0	0
2002	MIN	AL	26	438	59%	79%	25%	20	85%	0	90	5	84	1	11	2	2	0	0	0	1	0	1	0	1	8	0	0	0	8	0	0	0	0	3	67%
2003	BOS	AL	27	1667	54%	76%	30%	98	91%	1	342	22	314	6	39	30	19	8	1	1	3	0	3	0	2	20	0	0	0	20	0	0	0	0	3	33%
2004	BOS	AL	28	1118	49%	77%	32%	64	92%	0	253	13	237	3	25	21	15	6	0	0	4	0	4	0	3	23	0	0	0	22	0	1	0	1	2	100%
2005	BOS	AL	29	349	59%	83%	31%	18	83%	0	69	2	66	1	5	11	6	2	0	0	2	0	2	0	2	8	0	1	0	8	1	0	0	0	0
2006	BOS	AL	30	303	67%	78%	34%	19	89%	0	62	3	58	1	8	6	6	0	0	0	2	0	2	0	1	8	0	0	0	8	0	0	0	0	0
2007	BOS	AL	31	189	55%	74%	28%	6	100%	0	37	1	34	2	2	3	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	3	0	0	0	3	0	0	0	0	1	100%
2009	BOS	AL	33	159	47%	79%	38%	13	85%	0	42	2	40	0	3	6	5	1	0	0	1	0	1	0	1	2	0	0	0	2	0	0	0	0	2	50%
2010	BOS	AL	34	115	44%	70%	24%	5	80%	0	23	2	20	1	1	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	1	0
2011	BOS	AL	35	51	43%	80%	41%	1	100%	0	18	0	17	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	4	0	0	0	4	0	0	0	0	0
2012	BOS	AL	36	60	65%	83%	43%	6	83%	0	17	2	15	0	2	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	4	0	0	0	4	0	0	0	0	0
	15 Seasons			8685	57%	78%	30%	482	88%	3	1813	112	1670	31	172	151	112	22	5	5	21	1	20	0	16	162	1	1	0	152	3	10	3	7	13	69%
	MLB Averages				58%	77%	31%		93%																											83%

* Many Detailed Statistics are based on play-by-play accounts accumulated by RetroSheet. These totals may be incomplete (3.6% of all plays from 1918 to 1973 are missing or have incomplete accounts, click link for year and team summary) for some players prior to 1974 and even complete seasons may not match the official totals due to errors in both the official totals and the play-by-play accounts. Pre-1954 seasons have a substantial numbers of games missing play-by-play accounts and should be viewed as essentially incomplete.

Appearances on Leader Boards, Awards, and Honors

Stats are Year-Value-Rank · Glossary

All-Star Games 2004 * 2005 (DH) 2006 (1B) 2007 (1B) 2008 2010 * 2011 (DH)	Awards (yr lg award) 2004 AL ALCS MVP 2005 AL Hank Aaron Award 2011 ML Roberto Clemente Award	MVP (yr lg (rk, shr)) 2003 AL (5, 33%) 2004 AL (4, 44%) 2005 AL (2, 78%) 2006 AL (3, 49%) 2007 AL (4, 45%) 2.49 Career Shares (53rd)	Silver Sluggers 2004 AL (DH) 2005 AL (DH) 2006 AL (DH) 2007 AL (DH) 2011 AL (DH) All multiple winners
Youngest s c a p y 1997 AL born 1975-11-18 (7th)

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